- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- Calabasas, CA · CALABASAS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8116Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186429
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0926 69/4/30 CALABASAS,CALIF BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 800 TIME - 1205 N8116 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- T/O FROM SIDE OF HILL.AFTER MOVING OUT OF GRND EFFECT PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO SETTLE WITH POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8116
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8116Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bell Kitz Kopters 47D1Airframe modelBell Kitz Kopters 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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